you know brian, it just might be one of those drives that is unsupported since it came from a PC. have u tried goggling the drive for the manufacturer and the specs if they're out there?
all i know about scsi each they each need a unique id and one of them needs to be terminated. i mean, as long as your computer can at least see the drive to say it's not supported, probably means your just running into a brick wall over and over. i'm thinking 3 things. 1. you want to get the s900 to a usable condition. well, i think a good ata controller card (not the sonnet ATA-100) and a cheap IDE drive will solve ur problems. 2. if you want to see if the s900 works, it does, just not on that drive. 3. if you want to see what's on that drive, well, hehehe.. good luck! --- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Mekavich, > > I have spent the last 30 mins fiddling with the scsi > id and found out that > the hd was set to the same as the cd rom so I > changed the hd but its still > registering as not supported, I also did as you > suggested and tried my os 9 > disk :o( that didn't even find the hd to say it was > unsupported :o( > > I'm just going to try writing the os 7.5.5 disk with > that scsiprobe included > as I don't have a floppy drive on my ibook curses to > mac for getting rid of > it lol > > Anyway if you have any other ideas they'd be great > thanks > > Brian > > > On 11/6/05 8:10 am, "Mekavich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > hey brian, > > > > i'm curious, how big is that hard drive? i mean it > > sounds old, and old means small, and small means > > there's not much you can put on it. > > > > anways, have u tried booting from an OS 9 or 8 CD? > > perhaps the newer HD utilities on those CDs can > read > > your scsi drive. i don't have too great of a > knowledge > > on that. and if you are using the Umax System 7 > CD, i > > think there's FWD harddisk toolkit on it, i don't > > remember. that program is pretty handy. it's in > one > > of those folders.... extras or goodies or > utilities. > > it's been years. > > > > i recall another goodie.. umm.. scsiprobe or > something > > that'll mount drives. i'm not sure if > versiontracker > > keeps that old stuff, maybe tucows.com might have > it. > > oh hell, i just typed scsiprobe in google on it's > > there for the downloading. u might have to toss it > on > > a floppy drive to get it onto ur system. > > > > if you're every planning to get OSX on it, u'll > need a > > hard drive at least 10GB. a minimim install of > Panther > > is 1.6 GB without the updates i think overall i > ended > > up using 3GB to get to 10.3.9. > > > > > > --- Brian Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> Well ummm thanks but im using the original > software > >> that was supplied with > >> it 7.5.3 i think and i have only one hd installed > >> but when i get to the > >> desktop from booting from the cd rom it doesnt > find > >> the hd when i go to the > >> old drive setup app it sees the hd but claims it > is > >> unsupported and wont > >> iniliaize it. > >> > >> Im not brave enough to try osx on it, might try 8 > or > >> 9 if i can get it to > >> see the damn hd > >> > >> Thanks for the help so far Mekavich. > >> > >> Brian > >> > >> <br><br><br>>From: Mekavich > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><br>>Reply-To: > >> "SuperMacs List" > >> <[email protected]><br>>To: > >> "SuperMacs List" > >> > <[email protected]><br>>Subject: > >> Re: [SM] Problems with > >> hd<br>>Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 01:10:35 -0700 > >> (PDT)<br>><br>>1. if it > >> boots up, do you mean that you get to > >> the<br>>desktop? if so, then you've > >> got a working hard drive.<br>>do u see the OSX > >> screen or the happy smiley > >> preOSX<br>>screen?<br>><br>>2. or do you > >> have a good hard drive but > >> trying to get<br>>the umax to see > >> these?<br>><br>>3. what OS are > >> you booting up from? and from > >> which<br>>drive?<br>><br>>4. you have > >> 3 hard drives, how are they connected? > >> all<br>>scsi? external? internal? > >> ATA?<br>><br>><br>>--- Brian > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote:<br>><br>> > Hi,<br>> > ><br>> > >> > I had been given > >> an old umax mac clone a few years<br>> > > ago > >> and I just shoved > >> it<br>> > away in the loft till yesterday I > >> came across the<br>> > >> > scsi (not sure on spelling<br>> > for > it) > >> so I dug out the three > >> hard drives I had got<br>> > for it off > >> another<br>> > friend > >> and set them up but when it finally boots > up<br>> > >> > (used to mac os x > >> being<br>> > so much quicker lol) it > doesn't > >> show any of the > >> hd's<br>> > and when I load the hd<br>> > >> > utility it says the hd > >> is unsupported any advice<br>> > from you > guys > >> would be<br>> > > >> great fully appreciated.<br>> ><br>> > > > >> Thanks once again<br>> > >> ><br>> > Brian<br>> ><br>> > >> ><br>> > --<br>> > >> > SuperMacs is sponsored by > >> <http://lowendmac.com/><br>> > > >> and...<br>> ><br>> > Small Dog > >> Electronics > >> http://www.smalldog.com |<br>> > > Refurbished > >> Drives |<br>> > > >> Service & Replacement Parts > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> |<br>> > & > >> CDRWs on Sale! |<br>> ><br>> > > >> Support Low End > >> Mac<br>> > > >> > > > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html><br>> > >> > >> ><br>> > SuperMacs list info:<br>> > > > >> > > > <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml><br>> > >> > --> AOL > >> users, remove "mailto:"<br>> > > Send > >> list messages > >> to:<br>> > > >> > <mailto:[email protected]><br>> > >> > To > >> unsubscribe, email:<br>> > > >> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]><br>> > >> > For digest > >> mode, email:<br>> > > >> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]><br>> > >> > Subscription > >> questions:<br>> > > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]><br>> > > >> Archive:<br>> > >> > > > ><br>><http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > ;<br>> > >> > >> ><br>> ><br>> > >> > > > ><br>>---------------------------------------------------------------<br > > >> > >> > >> > iPod Accessories for Less<br>> > at > >> 1-800-iPOD.COM<br>> > > >> Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal<br>> > > === message truncated === __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! 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